Another week, another upset or two I wish I had pulled the trigger on. And another embarrassing Canes loss. This has been a bit of a rough week for me and I've been pretty busy so I'm sure glad it's Saturday and I know I can't let my four or five adoring fans down! Last Week Overall: 2-2 Upsets: 1-1 Season Overall: 49-16 Upsets: 10-7 3:30pm -- #12 Texas A&M @ #22 LSU -- CBS (UPSET ALERT) This is a really tough pick. Two high powered offenses facing inconsistent defenses. LSU is 31-2 at home in the last five years (and favored by 5, surprisingly) but Johnny Manziel is undefeated on the road in his career. It's heart v. head again--Upset Hobbit's heart is telling him Johnny Football will go out with something to prove in the Heisman race and break out to lead his team to victory but his head is saying that LSU is just too tough at home and too balanced on offense for A&M's defense. We've been going head way too often. This week, w...

So, inevitably there comes a day when you just look stupid. For me, that day happened twice: last Thursday and last Saturday. It's funny because I used to take a lot more risks. A few years ago I probably would have picked Baylor and Stanford. Maybe I need to do some soul-searching and start taking more risks on this thing. Let's see what happens... Last Week Overall: 1-3 Upsets: N/A Season Overall: 47-14 Upsets: 9-6 3:30pm -- #25 Georgia @ #7 Auburn -- CBS (UPSET ALERT) The Upset Hobbit seems convinced that this will be a better game than it might seem with Georgia slowly returning to full strength. The key, obviously, will be Georgia's ability to defend Auburn's running game but there are other things to watch for as well. Upset Hobbit will be looking to see who makes the most mistakes, specifically who turns the ball over. A big part of the success of Auburn's running game is their ability to make big plays downfield when the defense starts to cr...

Had my worst week of the year last year. The games are getting harder and harder to predict, as they almost always do at this time of the year. Last Week Overall: 2-3 Upsets: 0-1 Season Overall: 42-11 Upsets: 9-5 3:30pm -- #21 Michigan @ #22 Michigan State -- ABC This is one of those fascinating matchups where one team (Michigan) has a solid offense but no defense and the other team (MSU) has a great defense but no offense. I love these matchups because not only will it be interesting to see Michigan's offense take on Sparty's D but I love watching the other side of the ball to see who can screw up least. What makes this even more difficult to pick is that while I feel confident that Sparty's D is better than Michigan's offense, I also feel confident that the Spartan offense is significantly worse than the Wolverines' defense. At the end of the day, I think MSU's defense makes enough plays on a mistake-prone Michigan offense to put their own offen...

Last Week: 6-1 Overall: 13-2 Upsets Last Week: 1-0 Upsets Overall: 3-1 HEADLINES -IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! IT'S GREAT...TO BE...A MIAMI HURRICANE! -Honestly, if you would have asked me if I'd rather see the Miami Heat three-peat or the 'Canes beat the Gators, I would have had to think about it.  Not a lot of people really get that this is even a rivalry or why (particularly Gator fans who think the pre-Tebow college football universe is basically BCE and have the historical context of the common pet dog) but for those of us that KNOW our history, this rival is bigger than FSU--or ...